Pentagon Intends to Sell Tomahawk Missiles to Japan

According to a Tass news agency report, the US Ministry of Defense (Pentagon) announced in a statement on Friday (17/11/2023) that in accordance with the contract for the sale of Tomahawk missiles to Japan, the United States will also provide additional items including 14 missile control systems , spare parts, personnel training and technical maintenance to Tokyo. Tomahawk missile At the same time, the US State Department has also announced its approval to sell Tomahawk missiles to Japan. Tokyo had previously announced its intention to purchase 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States to increase its counterattack capability against a possible invasion. Examining the Japanese Minister of Defense's Visit to the US The Japanese Ministry of Defense had previously announced that it had decided to immediately follow up with the deployment of the latest version of the army's anti-ship missiles in light of the increasingly serious security environment in the country and to operationalize these missiles ahead of schedule.